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Women in Medieval Times
Women had little or no role to play within the country. In the towns, society would have told them what jobs a woman could do and her role in a medieval village which would have been to support her husband. -
Women rights in World War I & II
During World War II, over 350,000 women served in the U.S. Armed Forces, both at home and abroad. Between 1940 and 1945, the percent of women in the U.S. workforce increased from 27% to nearly 37 % and by 1945 nearly 1/4 married women worked outside their homes. -
"Rosie the Riveter"
"Rosie the Riveter" was the star of a government campaign mostly pointed at recruiting female workers for the munitions industry, became the most iconic image of working women during the war(s).
